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Feb. 3, 1931. BAU R 1,791,021

GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 16, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Feb. 3, 1931. v c. G. BAUER 1,791,021

GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 16, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNVENTOR .5, Maw/1.4

ATTORN EYS PatentedFeb. 3, 193 1 UNITED ST TE PA ENT-f OFFICE"??? 1 CHAR-LES G. BAiTER, or nnooiirivn nnvr YORK, ASSIGNOR BROOKLYN, NEW. YORK j j Applicatio'n filed January '16, 1930. serial no'.421,134.

Myinvention relates to garmenthangers, and further relates to holders for moth balls and other holders. 7 2 1 e One of'the objects 015 my invention is to provide devices of this character which may be cheaply. made of sheet metal, are of rigid,

strong and durable construction, and attractive in appearance, r V r v Another QbJGCt of the'invent on 1s to pro- "m vide a garment hanger-in which there is provision of novel and improved meansfor re-1 taining moth'balls and other disinfectants. Another object of the invention is to pro vide a novel and improved holder construe tion which may be cheaply made of'a single 'pieceof sheet metal. r

' A. further'ob ject of the invention is toprovide ,a novel and improved. collapsible; garm'enthanger. V Y The several features of the invention, whereby the'above-mentioned and other'ob jects may be attained, will'be readily understood from the following description and ac; companying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is aside view, partly in section, of a garment hanger embodying certain fea-j tures of my invention in their preferred form 7 Fig. 2-is a detail side view on an enlarged scale of the central porti f t hanger;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view tak -th fine 3.3ofFig. 1;

tially'onfthe lineHjofQFig. l; I

Fig. 4 is a sectional viewf tak'en substans onthe line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a front view of a holder for moth halls and similar articles embodying certain is a transverse sectional View taken ee Fig. 10 is a sectional plan View of the cen Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken j Fig.8. w

tra'l portion of the hanger illustratedin .The garmenthanger illustrated in. Figs. 1'

to 5, inclusive, =of the drawings may have'its two supportmg arms 2 made of a single piece To JULIUS fierrianfor of sheet metal, with the greater portion of each arm bent into substantially inverted .U-forni 1 in crosssect'ion, At the'junctionof theitwo.

arms, their sides'are crimpedinwardlyjtopro;

videinwardly fproj ecting alugs 4, the inner ends of'which may abut each. other. The arms are inclined downwardly from the central portionof the hanger." A hook 6 has itsshank extended through a central aperture in the. .hanger with its end hooked over the abutting end portions of thelugs 4L.

A substantial portion of the. length of each arm of the hanger between the ends thereofj V is provided with downwardly'struck transverse strip portions Stha t are spaced apart;-

These strip portions 8 and the upwardly projecting strip portions 10 which are formed by striking down the portions 8,"may besubstantially semi cylindrical inform, andto gether provide an elongated substantially .cylindricalholden in theform ofa cage. in

whichmoth balls on other disinfectant 12 may be placed. The motlrballs may. be in serted in the upperend of the cage, thelower outer endof the cage having one or more of the transverse strips 8v shortened'so as to con; tract this end of the cage and thus retain the. balls therein. The upper end of the cagernay be closed by a clip '14 which may be detachably inserted between two of the strips8h i that my improvedgarment hanger as illus- 5v 7 With this construction, it will be'app'arent tratedin'Fig. 1 of the drawings maybe cheaply V 'made'of'a single-piece of sheet] metal, is of rigid; strong and durable construction. and attractive in appearance. The skeletonholders 'or cages formedby thetransverse strips 7 8 and 10, provide convenient h'olders'for moth ballsandmay be formed without adding materially to the expense of: manufacture; of

the hanger as a whole. J

Y The holder for moth .ballsiillustrated.sin

Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, may be made of a single elongated piece of sheetmetal having its longitudinal-edges 'lfi hent. over to add to the rigidity thereof, and having a suitable apertured upper end 18 whereby the holder may be conveniently suspended. The moth ball holding portion of the holder is formed by alternatively downwardly struck and upwardly struck transverse strip portions 20 and 22, respectively, which may be of substantially semi-cylindrical form. The holder above the strip portions 20 and 22, may be provided with an opening 2 1i sons to permit the moth balls to be inserted into the upper end of the holder; The balls are retained at the lower end of the cage by the lower end of the body portion of the holder which extends across said end of the cage.

The collapsible garment hanger illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 is provided withtwo' arms 26, each of which'may be .made ot a single piece of sheet metal bent into substantially Lin-f verted U-iorm in cross section for a substantial portion of the length thereof. The inner-end portions 28 of the sidesof each arm are'brought into close proximity as shown. Plates30 arrangedside by side are positioned betwensaid side portions 28 of the inner ends of the two arms 26. The arms are pivoted to the supportingp-lates by means of rivets 32, the partsof the side portions 28 sur-' rounding the rivet '1 holes therein being countersunk or pressed inwardly so as to provide suitable plvot bearings for the arms. A

hook 34 has its shank extended downwardly between the plates30, the plates being centrally bent around to provide an aperture for receiving the shank. Theiow-er end of the hook sh'ankis bent or hooked over a horizontal flange 36 on the lower edge of one of. the plates 30. The other plate 30 is provided with a co-rrespondingflange 36 and the endsoi? these two flanges, when the hanger is in usable position, provide supporting abutments "for the under sides of the arms 26 of the hanger to hold the arms in position. To collapse or fold up the hanger, it'is merely necessary to swing the arms upwardly about the pivots 32, whereby the hanger may be conveniently calried in a traveling bag or other container.

As will be evident to, those skilled in the art,'my invention permits various modific-a tions without departing from the spirlt thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

. What I claim is:

1. Agarmenthanger'of the class described having one of its arms made of sheet metal having alternately arranged and spaced u-p-. wardly extending and downwardly extend ingftran'sverse stripportions providing a cage adapted to receive moth balls 2. A holder for moth balls comprisin'g'a piece of sheet metal having .alternatelyarranged and spaced struck-up and strucln down transverse strip portions providing an elongated cage adapted to 'receivemoth balls,

the moth balls being inserted in one end of the cage and the opening at the other end or 7 name to this specification.

the cage being of less area than the diameter of the balls.

3. A garment hanger of the class described having one of its arms made of sheet metal bentinto substantially inverted U-form in cross section having a plurality of downwardly struck transverse strip portions spaced apart and together with the upwardly projecting strip portions formed thereby providing a cage adapted to receive moth balls.

'4. A garment hanger of the class described having one of its arms made of sheet metal of substantially inverted U-form in cross section and having downwardly struck spaced strip portions'which together with the upwardly extending. transversestrip portions formed thereby provide a-cage adapted to receive moth balls, the downwardly struck strip portions at one end of said cage being shorter than the others to close said end to the moth balls, and a clip adapted to be inserted between at 'least two of said downwardly struck strip portions for closing the other end of the cage to the-moth balls.

5,. Agar nent hangerof the class described comprising a single piece of sheet metal formedto provide outwardly projecting arms of substantially inverted "U -form in cross sec-- tion with the central portion of the sides oi said'piece crimped inwardly and the two arm portionsbent downwardly at an angle 'ing the arms ofthe hangersubstantially in- "v erted iU -form in cross section for a substan tlal portion of the length thereofwith the inner "end portions of their'sides brought substantially together, two plates arranged side by side and inserted between the inner end portions of the sides of said arms, rivets pivotally connecting the inner ends" of said arms to said plates, and a hooked member having itsshank egrtending between said plates with the adjacent portions of the platesbe'nt to provideanaperture forsaid shank, 'wherby the arms may be swung upwardly about said pivot rivets.

In testimony whereof I have signed my CHARLES G. BAUER. 

